"This is pure delusion!"- xQc reacts to a donor predicting his gambling streams before his sponsorship announcement
Felix "xQc" responded to a donor who predicted the streamer's return to gambling. With his recent move back to Canada, fans have been speculating as to why he left Los Angeles.
It seems the answer was to avoid U.S. laws surrounding promoting gambling on his streams. In Canada, he can promote gambling and take sponsorships to gamble on streams with impugnity.
The streamer was called out by a donor before the sponsored slots stream happened. The viewer said they hoped xQc wouldn't start gambling with house money on stream, comparing him to gambling streamer Trainwreck. Although the donor ended up being correct, Felix called him delusional:
While playing Counter Strike: Global Offensive, the streamer tried his luck at opening some cases to try to get a rare gun skin that he wanted. CS:GO cases are often criticized for their similarities to gambling and use of real currency to purchase them.
After failing to get the skin he wanted, he got into a game while complaining about the loot box system Counter Strike uses. A viewer who donated to him called him out, implying his rage over the cases was fake because he's known to gamble large amounts of money when he's off stream:
The viewer's message continued to say that they hoped Lengyel wouldn't start officially promoting gambling on stream, comparing him to slots streamer Trainwreck.
They called him a "fake money scammer," referencing how streamers who take sponsorship deals with gambling websites are playing with the money they receive from the sponsor to gamble. This means that the person promoting gambling is incurring none of the real-life risks that gambling would entail for the people they're marketing it to.
As it turns out, Felix would go on to do exactly that. The next day,
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